Amazing albums you inherit!

[timtelford]

My uncle who got me into hard music in the 70s as a kid died in 1994. He was a great influence on me and had very eclectic taste, as I do myself. A good song is a good song. So when I discovered a box of albums I'd cleared from his flat after his death and forgotten to open (it was still sealed!) was a lovely surprise, especially when I unearthed this absolute cracker! If only women today dressed like this, the world would be a much finer place....!

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[Legion]

Hmmm. Interesting topic. Do you mean albums as in musical knowledge, or actual physical records?

I inherited Queen as a band from my mother. She inherited Ozzy from me.

True story.

[timtelford]

I guess I mean inherit. However, you make a good point Legion, in that my uncle was the first person to copy me cassettes, so he started me on Thin Lzzy / Status Quo / Meatloaf and Rod Stewart. Just when he died, I cleared his place and got all this vinyl! The Dolly album is an immaculate gatefold .I worshipped Queen for awhile, one of best live bands I've seen
And music knows no generational boundaries, a good song is a good song and to share it is the right thing.
For those in the UK as its big news at present, all of a sudden people are realising how brilliant Kate Bush is, I've been buying her stuff for as long as I've had Motorhead. Social media seems to make unlikely superstars these days, bet Kate never thought she'd sell 80,000 gig tickets in 15 minutes!

[regina]

I've never inherited stuff in the proper meaning of the word, but when my elder brother moved to Oz some 20 years ago, he had to downsize his household considerably and I was the lucky one to get hold of his record collection of 60's/70's gems such as The Who, Cream, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Jethro Tull, some "Krautrock" etc. Most of them stored away in the attic nowadays though, unless I suffer a fit of severe nostalgia and go digging for some hidden treasure.
Regarding influence on the personal taste - and I assume that's what Riccardo had in mind - it was doubtlessly the schoolmates that left the biggest impact (in a sort of positive peer group pressure-way :-)) ....but then, I guess that goes for most of us.

[timtelford]

My uncle was definitely the driving force and I had 2-3 great school mates who introduced me to certain bands (Rush and Ozzy were given to me by the same guy). I found Motorhead and Maiden all on my own though.But boxes of vinyl are a rare treat to find when you've never opened them!

[mark321]

never inherited any vinyl of anyone,but my mate (we were around 14 years old) used to buy bootleg tapes from abroad(think his mum and dad live in Malawi?) and used to get all these heavy rock tapes.He was the one who first introduced me to Motorhead and the world of heavy rock.Mr Rodwell I owe you big time